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Insect Orders Flashcards

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Thysanura
Thysanos - tassel
Oura - tail

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Silverfish
Scaly body
Abdomen with long cerci and tail
Chewing mouthparts

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Odonata

Odous - tooth

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Dragonflies, Damselflies
Chewing mouthparts
Wings held at angle to body at rest
Enlarged thorax

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Dermaptera
Derm - skin
Ptera - Wings

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Earwigs
Flattened abdomen terminating in forceps
Forewings small elytra covering hindwings

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Isoptera
Iso - equal
Ptera - wings

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Termites
6 - 12 mm
Social living in nests
Pale, soft bodies
Reproductive caste
Chewing mouthparts
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Orthoptera
Orthos - straight
Ptera - wings

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Grasshoppers, Locusts, Crickets
Forewings or tegmina tough, not rigid covering fan-like hindwings
Hindlegs adapted for jumping
Chewing mouthparts

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Blattodea

Blatta - Cockroach

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Cockroaches
Body flattened horizontally
Forewings or tegmina tough but not rigid covering fan-like hindwings
Hindlegs not adapted for jumping
Chewing mouthparts
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Mantodea
Mantis - prophet
Eidos - form or type

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Praying mantids
Raptorial forelegs
Forewings or tegmina tough but not rigid covering fan-like hindwings
Chewing mouthparts

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Diptera
Di - two
Ptera - wings

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Flies, Mosquitoes, Gnats, Midges, Hoverflies, Leafminers
One pair membranous wings
Large mesothorax
Halteres
Sponging or Sucking or Piercing mouthparts

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Lepidoptera
Lepid - scale
Ptera - wings

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Moths, Butterflies
Wings covered in scales
Sucking mouthparts coiled below head

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Coleoptera
Koleos - sheath
Ptera - wings

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Beetles, Weevils
Forewings hard elytra covering all or most of abdomen
Chewing mouthparts

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Phasmatodea
Phasm - Phantom
Ptera - wings

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Stick insects, Leaf insects, Phasmids
Forewings or tegmina tough but not rigid covering fan-like hindwings
Forelegs not grasping
Body length 4x body width
Chewing mouthparts
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Hymenoptera
Hymen - membrane
Ptera - wings

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Wasps, ants
Chewing mouthparts
Hindwings smaller than forewings
Attached by hooklets, membranous
May have piercing ovipositor or sting on abdomen

Bees
Sucking mouthparts
Hairy body

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Neuroptera
Neuro - veined
Ptera - wings

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Lacewings
Wings held roofwise when at rest
Hairs on body and wings
Chewing mouthparts

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Hemiptera
Hemi - half
Ptera - wing

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Bugs, Aphids, Scale insects, Leafhoppers, Cicadas

Piercing and sucking mouthparts directed back against undersurface of thorax

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Thysanoptera
Thysanos - tassel
Ptera - wing

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Thrips
Minute, slender
Rasping and sucking mouthparts
Narrow, fringed wings

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